Diffuse transport and spin accumulation in a Rashba two-dimensional electron gas

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关键词: ROOM-TEMPERATURE;    INJECTION;    MAGNETORESISTANCE;    METAL;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.67.033104

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

The Rashba Hamiltonian describes the splitting of the conduction band as a result of spin-orbit coupling in the presence of an asymmetric confinement potential and is commonly used to model the electronic structure of confined narrow-gap semiconductors. Due to the mixing of spin states some care has to be exercised in the calculation of transport properties. We derive the diffusive conductance tensor for a disordered two-dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit interaction and show that the applied bias induces a spin accumulation, but that the electric current is not spin polarized.

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